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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Walter Del Pellegrino, post: 237505, member: 90&quot;]Unfortunately the piece is “NOT” fully marked. This tentatively means that we cannot fully confirm a country of origin, artist, studio or date of creation. Thus, what I am about to relate to you is based solely upon my knowledge and experience. It is, in no way irrefutable and the subject remains open for other opinions.</p><p>The star logo, usually with a wavy tail attached to it, represents the town of Nove and Bassano. These towns, close to each other, are the main pottery making districts in the Veneto region and not far from Venice. Dozens of potteries over the last three centuries have used all sorts of variations of the star or the comet (a star with wavy line attached) to signify their locale. The firm of Barrentoni was among the first to use the logo (1685) but many others followed. Thus without further clues we will never be certain which studio this came from. For example the firm of Agostellini and Del Pra used a comet with the letters A/D to identify themselves. </p><p>The urn is not an example of majolica, which is a process involving a white tin glaze base coat fired in the kiln at least twice and sometimes three times. Your urn is made of Terraglia, a white clay produced in the 18th century to give the appearance of porcelain without the expense. Terraglia is still in popular use in Nove and neighboring Bassano. The basic design is known simply as Fiori (Floral).</p><p>Note the piece does not state the country in which it was made. There are a number of possible reason for this. It may be that the piece was created before the enactment of the McKinley Tariff Act in 1890 which required country identification. The urn may not have been was intended for export, in which case no identification was required. Perhaps the studio forgot to mark the item and some inefficient Customs Officer overlooked the fact during inspection. </p><p>In my opinion the urn dates to a period between 1920 and 1940.</p><p>Below is an example from the same region during the early 20th century.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s7.photobucket.com/user/wdel97/media/BASSANO_zpsz9mcvdxf.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s7.photobucket.com/user/wdel97/media/BASSANO_zpsz9mcvdxf.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y264/wdel97/BASSANO_zpsz9mcvdxf.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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